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- New: Privacy and Our Digital SelvesMany of our fundamental principles of data protection are used the way in which a drunk uses a lamp post — for support, rather than illumination. As the Internet of Things ushers in a world in which all manner of devices gather up vast quantities of information, it is timely to question whether “consent” is […]
- New: The Fall and Rise of Legal Education in SingaporePrior to independence, legal education was all but non‐existent in Singapore and many other colonies. This essay briefly discusses that colonial context before going on to describe how the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law came to play an important part in Singapore’s rule of law story as Singapore’s national law school, a global […]
- REVISION: The Myth of Magna Carta — Or, How a Failed Peace Treaty with French Aristocrats Was Reinvented as the Foundation of English (and American) LibertyMagna Carta bears an iconic status in legal history. Signed eight centuries ago by King John at Runnymede, near Windsor, it laid the foundations for constraints on arbitrary power — the basis for the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. The only problem with the historical account is that almost none of it is […]
- REVISION: Asia's Ambivalence About International Law & Institutions: Past, Present, and FuturesAsian states are the least likely of any regional grouping to be party to most international obligations or to have representation reflecting their number and size in international organizations. That is despite the fact that Asian states have arguably benefited most from the security and economic dividends provided by international law and institutions. This article […]
- REVISION: Asia's Ambivalence About International Law & Institutions: Past, Present, and FuturesAsian states are the least likely of any regional grouping to be party to most international obligations or to have representation reflecting their number and size in international organizations. That is despite the fact that Asian states have arguably benefited most from the security and economic dividends provided by international law and institutions. This article […]
- REVISION: Asia's Ambivalence About International Law & Institutions: Past, Present, and FuturesAsian states are the least likely of any regional grouping to be party to most international obligations or to have representation reflecting their number and size in international organizations. That is despite the fact that Asian states have arguably benefited most from the security and economic dividends provided by international law and institutions. This article […]
- REVISION: Dogs of War or Jackals of Terror? Foreign Fighters and Mercenaries in International LawThe threat of “blowback” from foreign fighters, unaffiliated volunteers who join an insurgency in a distant land, has led states to explore a variety of normative mechanisms. Among these is the international legal regime applicable to mercenaries. This short article considers the evolution of mercenarism and the efforts to regulate it. Attempts to fit foreign […]
